

This dilemma is faced by the people who have been away from their homeland for a long time because its not just the land or the houses they leave behind, its the culture, the distinctive practices and the identity that they leave behind when they sever ties with their native place. It sounds fairly straight forward to us but it isn't so simple for certain communities who no longer can associate themselves with their homeland.

When we ask this, generally, we do not imply anything else and we simply want to know which place the other person belongs to.

Kashmiri Pandits : The lost identity "Where are you from?" This is one question we ask others without reading too much into it.
